MIDNIGHT SHIFT

Created on 08/08/2002
Latest update on 02/03/2026

Artist: Buddy Holly & The Three Tunes
Author: Earl Lee/Jimmie Ainsworth
Label: Decca
Year: 1956

In Bradley's Barn, produced by Owen Bradley in person, with Sonny Curtis on guitar and without Jerry Allison (who was at school). This highlite of his first official recording session came two years later on his Decca LP That'll Be The Day. Earl Lee & Jimmie Ainsworth are an alias for Nashville songwriter Luke McDaniel (see also: You're Still On My Mind).

Covers:

1971:

Commander Cody

1980:

Hollies [on LP Hollies Sing Holly]

1980:

Joe Ely

1989:

LeRoi Brothers [on 10" Everyday Is A Holly Day]

1995:

Los Lobos [on Buddy Holly tribute Not Fade Away]

1999:

Bobby Vee

2003:

Lee Rocker

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Belgium

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